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Polipo Disclosure of Sensitive Information
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16978
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Release Date:
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2005-09-28
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Last Update:
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2006-01-19
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Unknown
Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Polipo 0.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2005-3163 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Polipo, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the local web server, which can be exploited to disclose the content of files outside of the local root.
An off-by-one error when parsing NL-terminated headers with an unknown impact has also been reported by the vendor.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.9.8. Prior versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 0.9.9:
http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/files/polipo/polipo-0.9.9.tar.gz
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Wessel Dankers.
Changelog:
2006-01-19: Added CVE reference.
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